The Omani army in Tianlong City has fallen into a tangled pass.

In the Chinese military tent, all the generals, including the general Yan Huahui, turned their eyes to Saladin, who was sitting in front of the most central map. When it comes to the future of the hundreds of thousands of troops and this northward strategy, no one dares to speak rashly, everyone is waiting for this ambitious emperor!

Feeling these eyes with complex meanings, Saladin was also angry and dazed.

The Nanfeng Fortress, which had stopped the Omanis for so many years, was breached, and the old rival Tiannan Army was also severely damaged, and the walls of Tianlong City were destroyed for a while. With such a big advantage in front of us, it can be said that there is only one step left from complete victory. But just when this victory seemed to be within reach, the damned Imperials played a huge joke on themselves!

Taiping Army!

Saladin's heart bleeds at the thought of the opponent who spoiled his good deeds, the rebels he had tried to aid earlier, only to have completely fallen to the enemy and used the weapons and equipment he had given him against him. However, the tragedy of Gu Qingguan had already happened, and he was not even interested in personally punishing the generals of the Gu Qingguan garrison who were said to be safe and sound, and all his mind was focused on the choice that followed.

Is it going in or out?

In the camp of the army, after all, there is still a batch of grain. If you enter, fight to the death, and maybe break Tianlong City before the food runs out. But this is undoubtedly a certain risk, in case the food is used up and Tianlong City has not been taken, and the food in the rear has not been delivered in time, then ......

Half of the military strength of the Omani Kingdom will be lost in his hands, which is enough to make the Omanis unable to recover for five years!

If they retreated, the food in their hands would be enough to support them to retreat to the South Peak Fortress, and there would even be a certain surplus. But this plan to attack Tianlong City will be completely bankrupt. After a long time, the people of the empire will be relieved, and they may not be able to mobilize more troops. At that time, the one-way system of the South Peak Fortress was defenseless against attacks from the north, and it was only feared that all existing gains might be lost.

Just retreated, Saladin was really unwilling!

Since he ascended the throne for more than 20 years, he has worked hard to manage and annexed several small states of Fanbang one after another, and even the Hue Dynasty and the Nam Thai Kingdom, which are more than one county in the area of the imperial vassal states, have been annexed, just to go north to the Central Plains. For more than 20 years, it was hard for him to wait for an opportunity now. If it is missed, the Imperial people will be on guard, and I don't know how many years it will be before an opportunity is made.

Although the national strength of the empire is weakening, it is the largest country in the Eastern Continent after all.

Except for Chen Wu, a man who knew history, no one else, including the main enemies of the empire, dared to believe that the empire would fall in just ten years. Saladin even suspected that if he missed this opportunity, he would probably not be able to wait for such a great opportunity for the rest of his life.

After all, there is only one step left before seizing Tianlong City and destroying the Tiannan Legion to completely control Tiannan County!

No refund!

After a few trade-offs, the idea of giving it a go prevailed in Saladin's mind. After the many generals in the army watched for a full five minutes, Saladin made up his mind to reads();.

He said in a hoarse and resolute voice: "Pass my order, and the army will continue to attack the city, and continue to ...... Three days! If you can't break the city during the period......"

The remaining food is probably just enough for the army to withdraw to the South Peak Fortress. If more soldiers had died during the period, there might have been a little surplus of food. Of course, the latter calculation can only be thought of, but absolutely cannot be said.

Saladin didn't dare to put all his chips on the table.

The entry of the Taiping army, with 20,000 small troops, had already changed the balance of the empire and the Omani army in a certain way. In the event that he gambled on the fortunes of the country and ended up losing, that result even Saladin, the emperor whose prestige was already deeply rooted in Valanga, could not afford it.

"Three days!"

All the soldiers' eyes were eager.

The emperor made a decision that was not radical but also not conservative. In the eyes of many Omani generals, after so long of attack and defense, the garrison of Tianlong City is already crumbling. As long as the Omanis do whatever it takes, it is absolutely possible to blast through the defense line of the Tiannan Army in three days.

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The Omani army outside Tianlong City did not immediately pull out the camp!

This is undoubtedly an important signal!

The veteran Leji, who had been in the city until dark and did not see any signs of a suspicious evacuation, understood the Omani choice. With the tragic situation in the eyes of the Tiannan Legion, there is no ability to go out of the city to pursue. In other words, the Omanis did not need to worry about the defenders in the city chasing and withdrawing overnight.

They have no intention of withdrawing at all!

It is not clear whether the Omanis intend to die or if they intend to make a last-ditch effort. But either way, the Tiannan Legion will need to face the toughest test since the start of the war.

This night, whether it was the Omanis or the Tiannan army in the city, it was very unpeaceful.

However, what is not calm is not only the two armies that are fighting in Tianlong City. The Taiping army, which had already entered, was also preparing in two hands.

The raid on the Guqing Temple and the unexpected burning of the 200,000 stones of grain and grass stored in the temple only temporarily resolved the danger of Tianlong City. There is still a long way to go to turn the tide of the war in the entire southeast. Not to mention anything else, it seems that the Omani army did not retreat willingly, but put on a posture of letting go, which gave Chen Wu and a group of Taiping army generals a headache.

They had no way of judging how strong the determination of the Emperor of Heaven was to survive Saladin's remaining grain and grass for a few days of the offensive. If you are not sure about this, it will be difficult to respond to it perfectly.

In Chen Wu's deduction and estimate, in the worst-case scenario, the Omani army may use the means of mourning soldiers to win and forcibly fight to the end at any cost.

Even in the best case, with the posture of the Omanis eyes, the attack will continue for two to three days.

Although the Tiannan Army in the city still has the strength to fight, the previous siege of the Omani army, although it can be described as white-hot, did not invest ten or even twelve percent of the strength. If it really costs nothing, no one dares to guarantee that the Tiannan Legion will be able to support it for a few days. After the news came that the Omanis had not evacuated immediately, Chen Wu immediately issued an order to let the Taiping army approach Tianlong City.

When necessary, the Taiping army would consider attacking the camp from the rear, or trying to enter Tianlong City for reinforcements.

As the county seat of Tiannan County and one of the most important cities of Chen Wuzhi in the future, Tianlong City and the remnants of the Tiannan Army in the city are reads();.

Of course, this alone will not be enough to completely repel the Omani army. If he wants to drive the Omanis out of Tiannan County as a whole, and even recapture the lost Nanfeng Fortress, Chen Wu must have more means.

This is another card he had prepared from a long time ago.

The prince of the former Hue Dynasty - Nguyen Thi Minh!

After receiving information from the eldest prince that he had never heard of before the crossing, Chen Wu immediately realized the value and significance of this person, and immediately summoned Gan Xing, ordering him to send a capable team to Shizhou Mansion in Tiannan County overnight, trying to contact the kingdom and then displaced and hiding in the empire to survive.

When the Taiping Army crossed Puyuan County and officially set foot on the land of Tiannan County, the news from the Military Intelligence Department had already found Ruan Shiming in the inconspicuous small city of Yunming, and successfully contacted the other party.

As an orthodox prince who could have ascended to the throne, Ruan Shiming's situation was also miserable. Just over a decade, the country was attacked by the Omanis. Shangguo, which was originally regarded as a strong reinforcement, chose to sit idly by at the most critical moment, and as a result, the country fell. What was once a fine food and jade food turned into being chased and killed by the Omani black-clothed guards everywhere, and he had to flee into the territory of the empire to save his life.

With such an encounter, it is impossible for Ruan Shiming to have no resentment in his heart. Not only against the hated Omanis, but also against the Imperials.

It was for this reason that he went incognito after infiltrating the territory of the empire, instead of going directly to Zhongzhou to seek assistance. In the same way, after the subordinates sent by Gan Xing found the other party and revealed their identities and intentions in front of the sword soldiers, although the other party showed his intentions, he was always a little cold and distrustful of the Taiping army.

However, after all, the national shame and family feud still have to be avenged!

Over the years, the Omanis have oppressed the former Hue people in the Chiang Mai Plain, and Nguyen Shiming is clear in his heart. On the one hand, he resented the oppression of the Omanis, but on the other hand, he suffered from weakness - and fear. The 150,000 Omani army was too strong for the Hue dynasty, which had only 40,000 troops, to resist. Nguyen Shi Minh, who was still a half-grown child, left a deep impression and shadow when he was protected by the royal guards on a rainy night.

Because of this, he was convinced that there was no way to take revenge with his own strength, and only the Qianyuan Empire, the "Shangguo" that the Hue Dynasty had always relied on, could help.

As Chen Wu sent scouts to spread the news of Gu Qingguan to Shizhou Mansion a day later, Ruan Shiming, who saw hope, finally made up his mind.

With the help of a group of veterans of the Hue Dynasty and fugitive generals, he secretly recruited a group of people with lofty ideals who were dissatisfied with the rule of the Omanis in the territory of Hue County, the current Kingdom of Oman, with a total of about two or three thousand. Among them, there are not only the people of the Hue Dynasty, but also the remnants of the Nantai Kingdom who were also destroyed. And the nostalgia for the orthodoxy of the two feudal states gave them a large number of sympathizers and potential supporters at home.

At this time, Ruan Shiming did not dare to put all his weight on the Taiping army. After all, he had heard that the envoy of Tiannan, the governor of Songjiang who somehow found him, was still a rebel not long ago. Therefore, he did not promise to return to Songjiang with the people of the MI, but wrote a letter by hand, stamped with the jade seal of the Hue Dynasty!

With this letter and Nguyen Shiminh's personal guard, the Taiping army could mobilize Nguyen's forces in the Chiang Mai Plain and the Red River Valley.

But for Chen Wu, this one is enough!

After getting what they wanted, the Taiping Army's eight hundred cavalry starry night south went straight to the Nanfeng fortress.